Vocab Info

N2 る-verb, Intransitive verb

()えるto die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

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    1. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to die out, to peter out, to become extinct

    2. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

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    絶える 【たえる】断える 【たえる】

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    Examples

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      (いのち)()(ひと)をお(はか)()れる。

      Put the person whose life petered out in the grave.

      • N2

      子供(こども)()まなかったので血筋(ちすじ)()ました。

      Because I didn't have children, the bloodline has died out.

      • N2

      都会(とかい)では人通(ひとどお)りが()える(こと)がほとんどありません。

      In the city, the passing of people never ceases.

      • N2

      両親(りょうしん)からの仕送(しおく)りが()ては、(わたし)()らしていく(こと)出来(でき)ません。

      If the financial support from my parents were to be cut off, I wouldn't be able to make a living.

      • N2

      (いき)()るか()ないかのうちに、祖父(そふ)は「(あい)している」と(つぶや)いた。

      His breathing almost petering out, my grandfather whispered, 'I love you.'

      • N2
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